Reputed mob kingpin Pat Musitano likely signed his death warrant on May 31, 1997. On that spring day, hitman Kenneth Murdock parked a number of bullets into iconic 73-year-old gangster Johnny “The …
On that spring day, hitman Kenneth Murdock parked a number of bullets into iconic 73-year-old gangster Johnny “The Enforcer” Papalia — reportedly, at the behest of the Musitano crime family.Now, Musitano is fighting for his life following a brazen early morning hit in Mississauga.
And even if the alleged mob scion survives, his family’s 50-year run atop the southern Ontario underworld is likely over.But as the Sun reported in January, Musitano’s days have been numbered for a very long time. Whispers in gangland are that no one will be grieving if the life-long mobster passes from this realm.
But when venerated underworld chief Dominic Musitano died of a heart attack on Aug. 13, 1995, the man known as “Fat Pat” on the streets of Hamilton is said to have taken over from his dad.First, he conspired to have rival Papalia taken off the board. Next, he had contract killer Murdock ice Papalia’s capo, Carmen Barillaro, at his Niagara Falls home on July 23, 1997.
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